Running World

Records, races and elite running in one place.

A clean RunThis guide to the wider sport: world records, Abbott World Marathon Majors, elite event calendars and athletes to follow.

Resource hub

Follow the sport beyond your own training.

Records, elite calendars and major race context help everyday runners understand the wider sport without needing to search five different sites.

Running by numbers

The sport is bigger than race day.

These sourced snapshots show why running content has repeat value: participation, event growth, records and major race moments keep changing.

Trail data

15.6m race results

World Athletics highlighted a RunRepeat trail study covering 15.6 million results from 116,947 races in 127 countries.

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Event growth

Gen Z +33%

haku's 2025 endurance report found Gen Z participation increased year on year across its registration dataset.

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Mass marathon

59,830 finishers

The 2026 TCS London Marathon reported a Guinness World Records title for the largest number of marathon finishers.

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Road racing

Top races tracked

RunSignup's largest-races report shows how big event calendars can become repeat-visit content for runners planning their year.

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Source credit

Where this information comes from.

RunThis summarises in original language and links out to official or specialist sources so readers can verify details.